I have two ideas for the 2021 Six Lakes Halloween Special. I am having trouble deciding between the two.

So I am doing a poll: which idea sounds better? Please read through the descriptions, and then take the poll below.

Blurred Lines #1 (“The Choir”): I’ve actually had the idea for a ghost-themed procedural for years.

Angela Blurry works at her family’s hotel in Gig Harbor, Washington, but also part-time as a civilian consultant for the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. The unit she works with is the Supernatural Investigation Unit, whoch oversees murders and other crimes in the county related to the supernatural: in this universe’s case, ghosts, demons, angels, curses, possessed mortals, haunted locations, and half-ghosts.

What is a half-ghost, you ask? A half-ghost is born to a living parent and a ghost parent. While there are of course problems with this state of existence (which the story will go into) there are also advantages, such as being able to sswitch between ghost form and human form. That means one minute, a half-ghost can walk through walls, and the next minute, they can eat solid food. Half-ghosts are pretty rare, but thy exist. Just ask Angela and her brother David. Their mother is a mortal, and their father is a ghost.

The Nightman of Bellingham Bay: This idea is newer, but I’d like to see what I can do with it.

In 1956, Vampire Alvin Skinner was abandoned by the vampire who sired him. In 1969, after being released without charges from a New York holding cell following the Stonewall Riots, he finds out through a fellow vampire that the one who abandoned him is living in Bellingham, Washington. Alvin immediately heads there to seek vengence.

Upon arrival, he attracts attention from his neighbor with his mannerisms and appearance, drawing suspision that he has a rather dark reason for his presence in their city (He does, but he’s not telling). Alvin also becomes subject to rumors when he develops a fascination with high school drama teacher Ernest Zullo.

The poll will end a week from Saturday. But fear not! Both ideas will be created. However, only the one you vote for will be written this year. Let me know what you think!

This poll is now closed.